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Title: Statistical analysis of epidemiologic data of pregnancy outcomes

Abstract

In this paper, a generalized logistic regression model for correlated observations is used to analyze epidemiologic data on the frequency of spontaneous abortion among a group of women office workers. The results are compared to those obtained from the use of the standard logistic regression model that assumes statistical independence among all the pregnancies contributed by one woman. In this example, the correlation among pregnancies from the same woman is fairly small and did not have a substantial impact on the magnitude of estimates of parameters of the model. This is due at least partly to the small average number of pregnancies contributed by each woman.

Authors:
;  [1]
  1. Failure Analysis Associates, Palo Alto, CA (USA)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5584653
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Environmental Health Perspectives; (USA)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 79; Journal ID: ISSN 0091-6765
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; PREGNANCY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; CLERICAL PERSONNEL; MICHIGAN; TERATOGENESIS; WOMEN; ANIMALS; FEDERAL REGION V; FEMALES; MAMMALS; MAN; MATHEMATICS; NORTH AMERICA; PERSONNEL; PRIMATES; STATISTICS; USA; VERTEBRATES; 560300* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology

Citation Formats

Butler, W J, and Kalasinski, L A. Statistical analysis of epidemiologic data of pregnancy outcomes. United States: N. p., 1989. Web. doi:10.1289/ehp.8979223.
Butler, W J, & Kalasinski, L A. Statistical analysis of epidemiologic data of pregnancy outcomes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.8979223
Butler, W J, and Kalasinski, L A. 1989. "Statistical analysis of epidemiologic data of pregnancy outcomes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.8979223.
@article{osti_5584653,
title = {Statistical analysis of epidemiologic data of pregnancy outcomes},
author = {Butler, W J and Kalasinski, L A},
abstractNote = {In this paper, a generalized logistic regression model for correlated observations is used to analyze epidemiologic data on the frequency of spontaneous abortion among a group of women office workers. The results are compared to those obtained from the use of the standard logistic regression model that assumes statistical independence among all the pregnancies contributed by one woman. In this example, the correlation among pregnancies from the same woman is fairly small and did not have a substantial impact on the magnitude of estimates of parameters of the model. This is due at least partly to the small average number of pregnancies contributed by each woman.},
doi = {10.1289/ehp.8979223},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5584653}, journal = {Environmental Health Perspectives; (USA)},
issn = {0091-6765},
number = ,
volume = 79,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1989},
month = {Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1989}
}